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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 26, 2009Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2009, 4:59 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2009, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	5 Ssw Medicine Lodge, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 11:07 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 382 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 18.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 262159
TORDDC
KSC007-262300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0022.090426T2159Z-090426T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
459 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HARDTNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARDTNER...
  MEDICINE LODGE...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF BARBER COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 9866 3736 9836 3715 9836 3701 9864
      3701 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 226DEG 32KT 3710 9872

$$

RUSSELL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 262225
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
525 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSC007-262300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090426T2300Z/
BARBER KS-
525 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY...

AT 525 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTH OF SHARON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9844 3721 9860 3734 9856 3736 9836
      3717 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 212DEG 35KT 3729 9843

$$

RUSSELL

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 262231
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

KSC007-262241-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090426T2300Z/
BARBER KS-
531 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3715 9844 3721 9860 3734 9856 3736 9836
      3717 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 212DEG 35KT 3737 9837

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	40 min
Apr 26, 5:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	29 min
Apr 26, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	42 min
Apr 26, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	48 min
Apr 26, 11:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	39 min
Apr 26, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Apr 26, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	42 min
Apr 26, 12:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	36 min
Apr 26, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	49 min
Apr 26, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	35 min
Apr 26, 12:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	18 min
Apr 26, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	30 min
Apr 26, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	43 min
Apr 26, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	42 min
Apr 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	48 min
Apr 26, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	44 min
Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	31 min
Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	52 min
Apr 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	44 min
Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	65 min
Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	53 min
Apr 26, 6:54 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Morton, Seward, Stevens	66 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.